Foot-dress.



M. A. CLARKE.

FOOT DRESS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB 1. 1917.

L 'fiiifim Patented May 29, 1917.

IA I/EIVTOH OR/VEY UNTTED STATES PATENT @FFTGE.

MARY A. CLARKE, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

FOOT-DRESS.

Application filed February 1, 1917.

To (1 107mm 523' may concern Be it known that I, MARY A. CLARKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Trenton, in the county of Mercer. in the State of New Jersey, have invented a neW and useful Foot-Dress, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to protective coverings for shod or slippered feet, and its object is the provision of means whereby the foot-dress may be shortened or lengthened and adjusted to snugly fit shoes or slippers of various lengths and ankles of different sizes and shapes, and thus combine an elegant appearance with comfort and efficient protection to the wearer.

To this end I provide a sole, made preferably of rubber, of a length sutiicient to underlie the sole of the shoe or slipper from the toe to a point slightly back of the upturn of the instep, leaving a space for adjustment between that point and the front face of the heel, and an upper portion, made preferably of waterproof material, such as cravenette or rubber-coated fabric, having lapping portions so formed and disposed as to admit of the shortening or lengthening of said upper portion by increasing or diminishing the extent of the lap sutliciently to draw and hold the toe of the foot-dress to the toe of the inelosed shoe or slipper, and at the same time snugly inclose the ankle of the wearer, and so disposing of the lapped portions of the garment as to cause it to present a neat and elegant appearance.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification. Figure 1 is av view of the left side of aright foot. shoe or slipper inclosed in my foot-dress; Fig. 2 is a View of the right side of the garment shown in Fig. 1 Figs. 3 and 4 are similar views of a modified form of the garment shown in Figs. 1 and 2: Fig. 5 is a plan view of the left side of the upper portion of the garment shown in Fig. 1: Fig. 6 is a plan view of the right side of the same, and Fig. 7 shows the same garment in course of adjustment to a shoe for the left foot.

The upper portion of my garment may be cut in one piece of fabric. but, for economical use of material and nicer adjustment to the foot and ankle, T prefer to make it up from several pieces, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings. The main portion shown in Fig. 5 is made of two parts, a and 7), joined together by a curved seam, c. The

Specification of Letters Patent.

and 7.

Patented May 29, 1917'.

Serial No. 146,019.

part I) is extended rearwardly at its upper portion (Z and its lower portion 6. and its edge curved at said points, while from the inwardly-curved middle portion of the part Z) extends the strap f, to the free end of which strap is attached the buckle g. The main portion shown in Fig. 6 is made of the two parts 71. and i, oined by the curved seam is. The part i has formed in it the longitudinal opening or slit Z through which to pass the strap f on the part b of the portion shown in Fig. 5, and the strap mforming an extension of the part 71 shown in Fig. 6. This strap m is formed by narrowing the part it rearwardly in curvilinear form, and has formed in it a series of openings or eyelets n. The front edges of the part a of F ig. 5 and the part i of Fig. 6 are united by the seam indicated by 0 in each. of said figures. The sole 7) is attached to the for ward lower edges of the upper parts a and i in any proper manner, as by stitching, or stitching and vulcanizing, to an extent from the tip of the toe back toward the rear end of the upper portions indicated in Figs. 1 In a foot-dress intended to extend above the ankle of the wearer, the upper portion may be provided with two sets of straps, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

The adjustment of the garment to a shod foot is indicated in Fig. 7. The forward part of the garment is drawn over the toe portion of the shoe or slipper until the toe of the garment contacts with the toe of the shoe or slipper; the strap f with its buckle g is passed through the opening Z in the part i, and brought to the outer side thereof, the part Z) being thus brought around the rear of the shoe or slipper and the ankle of the wearer. The strap extension m of the part it is then passed around the ankle in the opposite direction, and the part it is drawn close thereto and to the heel of the shoe or slipper, the strap on being passed through the buckle g. and the tongue of the buckle inserted through the appropriate eyelet a, and the free end of the strap m is passed through the opening Z and concealed within the part 7'. When the garment is thus adjusted, the portion 6 of the upper is covered by the flapportion h, and, owing to its curved exten sions (Z and e, is closely held thereby and prevented from accidental separation therefrom; while the lower rear edges of the two lapping portions 5 and i being carried to and extending along the upper portion of the shoe or slipper a distance above the heel thereof, sufllcient play thereof is afforded in Walking to avoid discomfort to the wearer by resisted pull thereon, while riding of the lower edges of the garment upon or above the top of the slipper, if one be worn, is avoided.

By cutting the garment and its strapextensions and the use of a comparatively short sole, as shown and described, the wearer is enabled to fit the garment neatly and snugly to shoes and slippers of different lengths, while the numbers of different sizes thereof made by the manufacturers may be largely reduced.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim:

1. A foot-dress adapted to inclose a shod foot, having a sole shorter than the sole of the shoe to be covered thereby, and having an upper portion divided vertically and terminating in two complementary flaps adapted to lap, one of said flaps terminating in a strap of sufiicient length. to partially encircle the ankle'of the wearer,

and the other of said flaps also terminating in a strap, and adjustable means for connecting said straps to hold the toe of the foot-dress to the toe of the shoe covered thereby.

2. A foot-dress adapted to inclose a shod foot, having a sole shorter than the sole of the shoe to be covered thereby, and having an upper portion terminating rearwardly in two complementary flaps, one of said flaps being narrowed outwardly from the upper portion into a strap adapted to partially encircle the ankle of the wearer, and the other of said flaps having its upper and lower edges extended beyond the main part of its middle portion, and an outwardly extending strap located between its upper and lower edges, and mean'sfor adjustably connecting'said straps to hold the toe of the foot-dress to the toe of the shoe to be covered thereby.

MARY A. CLARKE.

Witnesses:

F. W. GNIGHTEL, G, ANDREW CELLA. 

